February Challenge - build a scarecrow

[Sue]

February - Build a Scarecrow
Level: Easy (4 books - minimum 1 AA)
Completed: 4/4 2018-Mar-05

Scarecrow #1
1. Gender: Female Male
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay AA
Sabriel by Garth Nix | 2018-Mar-05
How it fits: female male author

2. Head/Face:
True Devotion by Dee Henderson | 2018-Feb-24
How it fits: Just the face is shown for the man on the cover

3. Arms/Legs:
Bitter River by Julia Keller
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell | 2018-Feb-28
How it fits: Arms and legs are visible on the young man pictured on the cover.

4. Body:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley | 2018-Feb-27
How it fits: Has 300 pages or more (374)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I hope you feel better soon Sue :)

[Lisa]

First challenge and I am very excited!!

Easy – Build one scarecrow (4 books – one must be an Aussie Author

1. Gender
Female - Read a book by a female author

Force of Nature Jane Harper AA

2. Head/Face
Read a book with just a head/face on cover (not the rest of the body)

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood

3. Arms & Legs
Read a book with arms and legs visible on the cover (at least 1 arm and 1 leg must be visible to count)

The Course of Love Alain de Botton

4. Body
Read a book over 300 pages

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Jessica Townsend AA

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Welcome Lisa :) It's great you're joining us! Great choices of books there too!

[Lisa]

Just to add I love how a challenge like this can inspire others. My 8 year old daughter has also just chosen her 4 books 😁

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's fantastic! I hope she enjoys her reading too 😊 📚

[Sally906]

Updated to here

[Diana]

Lisa wrote: "Just to add I love how a challenge like this can inspire others. My 8 year old daughter has also just chosen her 4 books 😁"

Oh that is fabulous! Are you going to share her books here? I work in a school library 📚 and would love to know what she's reading.

[Krystal]

Does The Suspect count as arms and legs visible? I mean it's a bit blurry but he has legs, right??

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

It's a fuzzy picture but at least one arm and one leg are visible Krystal so yes it counts:)

[Krystal]

Phrynne wrote: "It's a fuzzy picture but at least one arm and one leg are visible Krystal so yes it counts:)"

Score!! Thanks! I gotta switch out Graevale coz I can't wait two days to read it lol

[Nicola]

Is it too late to join this months challenge? I didn't realise I hadn't got an email invitation and just logged on to find it online - but the invite closed on the 28th January. *sad*

[Tien]

Nicola wrote: "Is it too late to join this months challenge? I didn't realise I hadn't got an email invitation and just logged on to find it online - but the invite closed on the 28th January. *sad*"

The challenge doesn't actually start til February, Nicola, & I'm pretty sure you can just jump in on the thread without responding to the invite itself. I do that all the time, ssshhh... I rarely see the invite so yup, just jump in ;p

[Sally906]

Nicola wrote: "Is it too late to join this months challenge? I didn't realise I hadn't got an email invitation and just logged on to find it online - but the invite closed on the 28th January. *sad*"

No you can join - I thought I had made it for the 28th February to closed.

Post your list and I will add you to the list.

[Nicola]

Sally906 wrote: "Nicola wrote: "Is it too late to join this months challenge? I didn't realise I hadn't got an email invitation and just logged on to find it online - but the invite closed on the 28th January. *sad..."

Thank you! will do...

[Nicola]

My list:
1. Gender
Male Author
The Brethren/ Robert Merle
2. Head/Face
Read a book with just a head/face on cover (not the rest of the body)
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait / K.A. Bedford
3. Arms & Legs
Read a book with arms and legs visible on the cover (at least 1 arm and 1 leg must be visible to count)
Doors Open / Ian Rankin
4. Body
586 pages
A Shadow on the Glass / Ian Irvine AA

[Sharon]

February Challenge

Build a Scarecrow

Easy level 2/4


1. Male or Female - Choose Your Scarecrow's Gender
Female - Read a book by a female author OR
Male-Read a book by a male author

Look Closer by Rachel Amphlett AA

2. Head/Face
Read a book with just a head/face on cover (not the rest of the body) OR
Read a book that scares you (your interpretation)

Outback Fever by Suzanne Brandyn AA

3. Arms & Legs
Read a book with arms and legs visible on the cover (at least 1 arm and 1 leg must be visible to count) OR
Read a book where the MC can be described as very patient OR
Read a book where the MC has a boring job (your interpretation)

The Secret Vineyard by Loretta Hill AA 5★

4. Body
Read a book over 300 pages OR
Read a book where the MC protects someone or something

The Chocolate Promise by Josephine Moon AA 4★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Nicola wrote: "Is it too late to join this months challenge? I didn't realise I hadn't got an email invitation and just logged on to find it online - but the invite closed on the 28th January. *sad*"

I wish I knew why so many of us don't get the invitations! I don't either!

[Brenda]

So... since this is my first challenge with this group - how does it work once we hit February? Apart from the "ready start - read!!!" part, what are we supposed to post in here about our progress? Sorry if this is a dumb question already answered elsewhere...

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Not a dumb question at all! Yes you can post your progress in here and you will see people doing just that once the month starts. I always go to my original message and cross out the one I have finished and add the number of stars I am giving it. At the end of the month you can copy your whole challenge and post it again so everyone can see how you have done:)

[Sally906]

Updated to here

[Liana]

I'd like to join in too please (easy) - add the books later though :-)

[Trish L]

I would like to enter if it is not too late.

I will advise books later. Having trouble uploading them.

[Trish L]

I am finished building my scarecrow


Easy – 4 books – one must be an Aussie Author

1. Male Scarecrow. Truth AA

2. Head/Face
Read a book with just a head/face on cover (not the rest of the body)
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (that face is enough to scare anything off! )

3. Arms & Legs
Read a book with arms and legs visible on the cover (at least 1 arm and 1 leg must be visible to count)
Serenity House

The cover of the version I am reading shows a male figure sitting in his PJs. as per the webpage in Kindle https://www.amazon.com/Serenity-House...


4. Body
Read a book over 300 pages An Officer and a Spy

[Sally906]

Updated to here

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Trish wrote: "Right that comment went thru OK. So I will try again.


Easy – Build one scarecrow (4 books – one must be an Aussie Author)



1. Male or Female - Choose Your Scarecrow's Gender

Male-Read a book ..."

Don't forget at least one Aussie author when you select your last two Trish :) Welcome to the challenge!

[Lisa]

For those that are interested (and because my 8 year old daughter is very keen for me to put this on the "scarecrow book challenge page")

Her choices are
1. Female
The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker E.D. Baker
2. Face
Weirdo #8: Really Weird! Anh Do AA
3. Arm/Leg
Ballet Shoes for Anna Noel Streatfeild
4. >300 pages
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery

[Sue]

I love it that your daughter is doing the challenge too. Good book choices!

[Sharon]

It's great to hear your eight year old daughter joining in on the challenge, Lisa. Look forward to seeing her progress. Good luck and happy reading 📚😊

[Krystal]

Guhhh still gotta finish The Handmaid's Tale but I'll be starting soon!

Lisa very cool that your daughter is joining us!

[Carolyn]

Lisa wrote: "For those that are interested (and because my 8 year old daughter is very keen for me to put this on the "scarecrow book challenge page")"

Your daughter has good taste in books Lisa! Good on her for joining in!

[Diana]

Lisa wrote: "For those that are interested (and because my 8 year old daughter is very keen for me to put this on the "scarecrow book challenge page")

Her choices are
1. Female
[book:The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker..."

Fantastic, will watch her progress with interest.

[Liana]

1. Female:
Cake at Midnight by Jessie L Star (AA) 4 stars

2. Head/Face
Artemis by Andy Weir 5 stars

3. Arms & Legs
The Fill In Boyfriend by Kasie West 3.5 stars

4. Body
The Opal Butterfly by Julian Leatherdale (AA)

[Nicole]

1. Choose Your Scarecrow's Gender Female .
The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes


2. Head/Face
Read a book with just a head/face on cover.
The Duchess by Danielle Steel


3. Arms & Legs
Read a book with arms and legs visible on the cover (at least 1 arm and 1 leg must be visible to count)
The Shape of Us by Lisa Ireland. - AA


4. Body
Read a book over 300 pages Her Best Friend by Sarah Wray. 308 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lisa wrote: "For those that are interested (and because my 8 year old daughter is very keen for me to put this on the "scarecrow book challenge page")

Her choices are
1. Female
[book:The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker..."

Lisa please congratulate your daughter for us and we hope she enjoys her reads :)

[Nicole]

Your daughter must be a great lover of books Lisa! There are some big reads there. I loved Anne of Greene Gables the movie when I was younger ... though the book will, of course, be much better! :-)

[Kate]

Finished my 'Body' book - Jennifer Egan's wonderful Manhattan Beach
Her prose is so supple and evocative - a beautiful read. Set in the 30s and 40s in and around the docks and nightclubs of NYC, the story is intriguing, the cast of characters gorgeously evoked, especially our heroine, who is a delight. I highly recommend this one.

[Diana]

My 'head' book is a little outside the guidelines with part of the body showing. I started a book with just a head shot but in the first few pages it was so vile I had to stop so have substituted a memoir.

[Nicole]

Progress report ...

Scarecrow's Gender: Female
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes 4★


2. Head/Face
The Duchess by Danielle Steel 4★


Currently on arms and legs.

Early days, but shaping up (see what I did there) to be a good read!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Good for you Nicole :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Diana wrote: "My 'head' book is a little outside the guidelines with part of the body showing. I started a book with just a head shot but in the first few pages it was so vile I had to stop so have substituted a..."

I'm sure it'll be fine Diana :)

[Brenda]

Update -


Finished - Body - We'll Always Have Paris by Sue Watson -- DONE (2 stars). I can't believe I wasted hours of my life on that one, and it was over 300 pages. GAAHHH

Working on Arms & Legs - The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan - Underway, this one is good so far. Must have it done by Saturday for my book club...

[Krystal]

Finished stuffing my scarecrow's BODY with 570 pages.

Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton

Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Krystal]

So I'm changing my Face to by Angie Thomas because I read like 2 pages and I'm already hooked.

[Sally906]

Krystal wrote: "So I'm changing my Face to by Angie Thomas because I read like 2 pages and I'm already hooked."

Nice "face" cover :)

[Nicole]

Krystal wrote: "So I'm changing my Face to by Angie Thomas because I read like 2 pages and I'm already hooked."

I just had a look at the blurb or your book Krystal ... looks good. I think this is yet another one to add to my ever-growing TBR list! 🙂

[Krystal]

Nicole wrote: "Krystal wrote: "So I'm changing my Face to by Angie Thomas because I read like 2 pages and I'm already hooked."

I just had a look at the blur..."

I'm devouring it today! So, so powerful. Brilliantly written. I think we my have a 5 star read here!

[Clare]

And in another ed. she has arms & legs, if anyone wants to add it. Actually, only hands & legs, so maybe just read it and cry (I did)

[Diana]

Finished my first Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer by Chely Wright

[Krystal]

This was such a good switch and I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK ENOUGH.

5 stars.

My scarecrow's face: by Angie Thomas

Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...